Josiah Duggar - Part 3 Now with lost heart pieces

[DaisyD]

Maybe if they have a resealing ceremony... Oh wait. Wrong religion.

[MatthewDuggar]

Off Topic: If Josiah reunites with Marjorie, will his missing heart pieces return? I'm not clear on the mechanics of this.

The pieces he lost will always be lost, but if they end up marrying, he will have to be extra careful with her since she's does not have a full heart.

[KnittingOwl]

Furbies creep me out. I had one and it would chatter randomly after I'd gone to bed. Nothing like a creepy little toy talking "furbish" to you in the dark of night to make for sweet dreams.

:shifty-kitty:

They remind me too much of Gremlins. Clearly I've been scarred by my older cousins letting me watch that before I should have ;)

[Fascinated]

The pieces he lost will always be lost, but if they end up marrying, he will have to be extra careful with her since she's does not have a full heart.

So, if two people with incomplete hearts marry, are they, in fact, fucked? What if they prayed really hard? Maybe it's like a cosmic jigsaw puzzle and the man upstairs can have a little fun trying to put said hearts back together. I don't know. I'm just spitballing here.

[Naga Viper]

If there's no news in the Josiah/Marjorie front, we could rename this thread "electronic games of our youth - and how those born before 1980 lost out?

I was born before 1980 and all this thread has done is make me grateful for that fact. Digital pets and Furbies sound annoying as fuck. :lol:

[singsingsing]

Furbies were the absolute worst. They were creepy, annoying, and ultimately just boring! I couldn't believe it when they came back in a few years ago.

Edit: Anyone remember the Tickle-Me-Elmo craze? I think I was eight or nine at the time, and I thought it was insane. I remember my Brownies leader telling us that her boyfriend had stood in line for hours to get her one.

[socalrules]

I was a kid during the cabbage patch insanity. They were sold out everywhere. During Christmas one of the toy stores at nearby mall got a shipment of them. That was the only time my mom put me in the mall daycare (i think the mall daycare was for holiday season only). I spent all day there while my mom stood in line. They ran out before she could get one so she got me a huge rag doll, which I loved anyway. Once Christmas was over I got my cabbage patch doll and ended up with six or seven of them (grandma liked to buy me lots of stuff).

I had an original furby. It was ok. I much preferred the troll dolls later one. I had way too many of them and would spend hours styling everyone's hair.

[Ralar]

So, if two people with incomplete hearts marry, are they, in fact, fucked? What if they prayed really hard? Maybe it's like a cosmic jigsaw puzzle and the man upstairs can have a little fun trying to put said hearts back together. I don't know. I'm just spitballing here.

I suspect that if they resume their courtship without any intervening courtships they are okay because they gave pieces of their heart to their eventual spouse. Wouldn't that be the same as if they never spilt and one continuous courtship rather than two courtship with one another.

If they eventually marry others, then there is a problem due to the missing heart pieces. Look what happened to Anna after she married Joshley, who had courted previously. He had missing heart pieces and therefore got involved with porn, hookers, and various other women. I hope Whitney Bates is okay; after all her husband also gave pieces of his heart to another woman.

[FloraDoraDolly]

I'm not old enough to remember when this song came out, but it fits: [bBvideo 560,340:1afmmoo2]

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[Alachantal]

My friends and I all had Tamagotchis as kids. I'm pretty sure they and 16 & Pregnant/Teen Mom are why the teen pregnancy rate dropped so much for my age group. Though Tamagotchis didn't cause as much an issue in my elementary school as Pokemon cards. There were brawls on the playground over the damn things. I cried at school because I made a bad trade and got a really non-valuable card in exchange for a really good one. You'd think it was October of '29 from how I was carrying on. My school eventually banned them, but Magic: The Gathering wasn't covered under that ban...

Okay I'm glad my school wasn't the only one that banned pokemon cards! There was so much fighting over them! (My brothers school also banned the Spongebob song because kids were singing it all the time apparently lol.)

I had a Tamagotchi as well, I almost forgot about it. I wonder what happened to the poor thing! I used to love it so much when I was a kid but I have no idea what happened to it. I suppose the same thing that happened to my neopets - I just grew out of it and forgot about it eventually. I had a furby as well and I hated it so much. Scared the shit out of me. It was the "it thing" at the time though so my mum got me one. She tried. I kept it in the back of my closet for 10 years until I moved - it was still "alive" and making creepy furby noises when I found it! Yeah... furby went to Value Village in a donation box...

[LizzieD70]

Linen pants are pants made out of linen. Linen fabric is made from a naturally occurring fiber from Flax. The clothing made from linen is very comfortable to wear. The drawback is, sweat once, or sit down, and you look as if you slept in your clothes. Ironing linen takes the hottest setting on the iron, AND the old fashioned: sprinkle the item with water, roll it up, put it in a plastic bag in the refrigerator for 24 hours, THEN iron it!

I love linen, but only if I'm going to be in air-conditioning.

ETA some words.

OT: I used to watch a soap opera, Bold and the Beautiful and I remember when one of the plot lines was the creation of wrinkle free linen - So Cruel!!! I love linen but it does wrinkle easily....

[LovelyLuna]

Wanted to mention, for those of you who have fond childhood memories of certain MS Dos games, here is an archive where you can play for free. They have slightly newer stuff, too.

archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games/v2

Oregon Trail FTW!!

Oregon Trail!!!!!!! LOVED THAT GAME!!!!

guys, I just watched a 5 minuet video where a talking furry robot gave birth. I’m traumatized. :mouse-shock:

[Karma]

I was a kid during the cabbage patch insanity. They were sold out everywhere. During Christmas one of the toy stores at nearby mall got a shipment of them. That was the only time my mom put me in the mall daycare (i think the mall daycare was for holiday season only). I spent all day there while my mom stood in line. They ran out before she could get one so she got me a huge rag doll, which I loved anyway. Once Christmas was over I got my cabbage patch doll and ended up with six or seven of them (grandma liked to buy me lots of stuff).

I had an original furby. It was ok. I much preferred the troll dolls later one. I had way too many of them and would spend hours styling everyone's hair.

I was about 16 when cabbage patch dolls hit Sydney in a big way. One of my friends queued up and bought one, but the rest of us said we were too old for dolls. Secretly I really wanted one, so years later when I finally had a daughter I couldn't wait to buy her one. I was so disappointed that she didn't really like it :(

[morri]

I have got dosbox on my pc. I like princess leias rebel force 4 colours outlines graphics. aptain comic the worst jump physics xD and commander keen :D duke nukem (1)

[batuityma]

Speaking of cabbage patch dolls. That was one of the things that made me suspect that my fundie-lite in-laws had been influenced by Gothardism. My husband DOES NOT talk about his very repressive upbringing so I've only gotten bits and pieces of info over time. A few years back he mentioned that growing up, his parents had refused to get his little sisters cabbage patch dolls because...well...you know...those dolls would lead children to satan worship (said with a huge eye roll). Right away that pinged my Gothard radar. I casually asked but my husband didn't recognize the name and he had no interest in hearing about a fundie cult leader. Absolutely not a subject I can discuss with him. He gets too worked up with resentment about the way he was raised.

I normally avoid any discussion of religion with my mother-in-law but for years I've wanted to ask her if they ever had any past connection with IBLP. It was actually the Josh molestation scandal that gave me a way to bring up the Gothard question with my MIL. She doesn't watch much TV but when I asked if she knew of the Duggar family she said she had heard of "that family with 19 children." She knows I'm a survivor of childhood sexual abuse so I knew it wouldn't seem odd for me to bring up a news story about the subject. I told her about the Joshgate details and how the family is "affiliated with an organization" run by a man who was forced to step down after many allegations of sexual misconduct. Then I said his name was Bill Gothard...and waited for her reaction. I got one! Her eyes got big and she told me about how she and FIL had gone to several of his seminars back in the 80's. (like during the height of his popularity when he could pack stadiums). I had to contain my urge to shout "I knew it!!!"

It was an eye opening conversation and one of the most frank discussions about the subject of religious beliefs I've ever had with her. I could write a ton about what she said but this is already too long. It was fascinating though. Apparently the (Evangelical) church they belonged to 30ish years ago had a huge rift because of the Gothard "fad." A bunch of members went full-on fundie and split off from the church. My MIL even used the word "Gothardites" to describe them. She said she and FIL followed some of the teachings for awhile but eventually decided the guy was full of crap (paraphrasing.) She remembered sitting through one of the seminars and listening to Bill give marriage advice. She had at least 15 years of marriage and five kids under her belt at this point. She thought he sounded ridiculous and was like "Why in the world does this bachelor with no kids think he is an authority on this?" It was a great conversation.

[Rescinded and Mended]

I have got dosbox on my pc. I like princess leias rebel force 4 colours outlines graphics. aptain comic the worst jump physics xD and commander keen :D duke nukem (1)

There are a couple of dos survival horror games I want to play in the archive (Hugo 1: House of Horrors comes to mind), but so help me, I haven't a clue about how to play the text adventures. :lol: I know it involves typing in basic commands, but I still think I may need a walkthrough for some of them.

[physicalscience]

Speaking of cabbage patch dolls.

Snipped.

Your avatar tho. love.

Also thanks for sharing that story! Fascinating running into Fundies in the wild. Having grown up deep deep in Catholism I can't even imagine.

[morri]

There are a couple of dos survival horror games I want to play in the archive (Hugo 1: House of Horrors comes to mind), but so help me, I haven't a clue about how to play the text adventures. :lol: I know it involves typing in basic commands, but I still think I may need a walkthrough for some of them.

I tried to play hitchhiker to the glaxy , i either ended as the gure . or outside i was stuck only about 5 or 6 turns into the game and i went lie go fuck yoursf to the game xD

[Rescinded and Mended]

I tried to play hitchhiker to the glaxy , i either ended as the gure . or outside i was stuck only about 5 or 6 turns into the game and i went lie go fuck yoursf to the game xD

I feel your pain - I tried playing the Hugo game a couple of days ago and couldn't even figure out how to get him through the front door on the first screen of the game. I think there may have been a key inside the jack o' lantern on the porch, but couldn't figure out the command for getting it out. I got annoyed and gave up after typing in every phrase I could think of. It did just now occur to me that I should have tried 'smash pumpkin.' :lol:

[DuggarsTheEndIsNear]

OMG Pong! I was so addicted to that. We had ours hooked up to a super small black & white tv.

I spent many hours at "after care" at school playing pong on the school computer.

[donnal]

There are a couple of dos survival horror games I want to play in the archive (Hugo 1: House of Horrors comes to mind), but so help me, I haven't a clue about how to play the text adventures. :lol: I know it involves typing in basic commands, but I still think I may need a walkthrough for some of them.

I used to love the Hugo games!

[sophrosyne]

Josiah at the "Loving Choices" Christian pregnancy banquet last night (per Deanna Duggar's instagram).

 Was he cruisin' chicks wombs?

 

[MatthewDuggar]

WTF is she wearing?  A dead animal?

[Fundie Bunny]

What the hell is a christian pregnancy banquet?

[DuggarsTheEndIsNear]

What the hell is a christian pregnancy banquet?

Probably a pro-life thing where they talk about how they don't want people to have abortions and the best way to prevent abortions is to not have sex unless you're married. And they probably have a lot of "repentant" women talk about how they were whores but decided to keep their babies anyways. And maybe a few men who talk about how devastating it was to find out that their baby mama got an abortion without his permission.